Temporary bowl for water-closets of railway-cars



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UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE GASIMIR M. PODGORSKI, OF NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

TEMPORARY BOWL FOR WATER-CLOSETS OF RAl LWAY-CA RS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363,846fdated May 31, 1887.

Application filed October 7, 1886. Serial No. 215,542. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known thatI, CASIMIR M. PODGORSKI, a subject of the Emperor of Russia, residing at Northampton, county of Hampshire, State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Temporary Bowl for Water-Closets of Railway-Cars, of which the following is a specification.

My device consists of an open-mouthed sack or pouch having a flange surrounding its open end, and being formed of flexible materialsuch as paperis adapted to be inserted through the hole of a water-closet seat, to be suspended therein,supported by its flange resting over the edge of the hole. pouch is held in position by the weight of the person in contact with the flange, and when said weight is removed the pouch falls by gravity.

Railwayears being unable to easily carry water to flush a'fbbwl of a watercloset, or even a crooked outlet therefrom which might cut off a draft, owing to the weight of water which would be required and the position said weight would have to be above the center of gravity of the car,are compelled to leave a mere opening to the outer air, and through which, when the car is in motion, pours a violent draft of To obviate this is the object of my invention.

My invention is fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which The dependent Figure I is a perspective view of my device in position in the hole of a water-closet seat. Fig. II is a section in elevation on the linewx of Fig. I, and Fig. III is a view of a number of the temporary bowls nested for convenient storage or transportation.

B is the bowl proper. bis the flange. Both bowl and flange are preferably made integral and from stout brown paper,- and the mouth of the bowl is made of the contour and size of the hole, so that when inserted,as shown in Fig. I, the flange b rests upon the seat D, to support the bowl, and the bowl and flange completely out off any air from below. Any number may be nested and folded to occupy no more space than a bundle of so called "boudoir paper.

N ow,having described my invention, what I claim is- The within-described temporary bowl for water'closets of railway-cars, consisting of a flexible bag having an open mouth conforming to the hole of the closetseat, and provided with a flange adapted to extend over the edge of the seat and hold the empty bag pendent from and below the seat, and adapted to permit the weighted bag to fall from the seat by gravity when released by the weight of the person, as and for the purpose set forth.

OASIMIR M. PODGORSKI. Witnesses:

R. F. HYDE, JASON PERKINS. 

